RonM wrote: > As noted, increased compression means louds and softs are closer in > volume. This actually has a reasonable purpose, under some conditions. > > A great many people are listening to music under less than ideal > circumstances, often through mobile devices, using cheap earbuds, in > public places with lots of ambient noise. Under these conditions > quieter bits in the music may become lost in the surrounding crush of > sound. Compressed music is an improvement in some ways, as it means the > quiet bits aren't quite as quiet, there is less dynamic range. Quite so. But as you say, compression is desirable in some circumstances - BUT NOT ALL!
To inflict compression on the source material for the benefit of those who listen in noisy environments penalises those who listen at home. And the solution is painfully obvious: PUT THE COMPRESSOR IN THE PLAYBACK DEVICE so the listener has the choice. This isn't rocket science. Rockbox firmware has had an optional compressor for years. The Rio Karma had an AGC way back even before that. What the industry needs is for Apple to add one to iPods and iPhones for the mainstream to sit up and take notice. But even that may be too late - I fear that a whole generation of mastering "engineers" has grown up believing that excessive dynamic compression is the right thing to do. Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102391 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
